Curation Progress Report: Week 2

          This week, as usual, I continued to research on the steps to be an amazing improviser on any instrument. Last week, I put "Knowledge" as my first step to improvising; and I said knowledge of the scales is the most important thing before learning how to improvise. However, after researching this week, I realized knowledge of the scales is not the first step. The first step is knowledge, but a different kind of knowledge.

           The actual first step is the knowledge of notes! Before I even began my curation website, I wanted something that was easy and simple to help my viewers to take improvisation one baby step at a time. But I realized that I jumped the gun and I assumed that each viewer already knew all of the notes and can play scales right away. So this week I knew I had to take a step back for my viewers. 

           For my curation website, the biggest obstacle I am facing is to finding the next step. I constantly have an "ah hah" moment, but then once I start to build on top of it, I realize it's wrong. There's always a step I skip and miss, which is not good because I need to provide that information to my viewers who are trying to learn. 

           However, regardless of these obstacles, I know there will be more and I have to overcome them. So my next three steps I want to take is to find my next two steps by next week. I want to be able to move on to my next two steps of the improvisation process without moving backwards. Secondly, I want to find some good videos of tutorials that can help my viewers have a visual. Third, I want to make my website more appealing. I feel like it's kind of dull, but I have to learn how to catch more of the viewers' eyes. 

          One thing i can do to make the project run more smoothly is by not doing my research on a million sources at once. While I do my research, I have at least fifteen tabs on my internet browser and it's overwhelming and I just get drained and have more trouble concentrating. This week I want to find one reliable source and put forth all of my concentration and absorb all of the information I need to make my curation site the best site for future improvising musicians!